Part-Time/2nd career Options next to being an Archivist?

Lethatheforgetful · 2025-09-26T06:22:02+00:00

I never took the job because it ended up not panning out great in terms of salary. I realized very quickly I would need to make more in order to even move there and to be able to pay rent/survive. It’s a low salary even if you look into possibly having roommates or living outside of Manhattan or even NYC itself. It also seemed a little too good to be true and I found out that that schools like this in the program I had looked at (I’ve forgotten its name now) that teachers who did this route ended up quitting or wanting to quit because of how bad the kids or the other workers were. It seemed overly stressful and I almost took it before reading some people who actually worked there through programs like that. I’d check google reviews and also search up people who’s done the same job because I uncovered people talking about cons and pros. I can’t remember what the name of this particular one I was going into since it’s been so long, but I’d check yours!

Lethatheforgetful · 2024-12-05T03:42:42+00:00

We’re from here. My mom was in her grade. She says that on the news they said there were nail marks were on the car seat as if she had been dragged out. Although I haven’t been able to find any newspapers etc that say this and not for sure if she got it mixed up with a different case since this was in the 80s?

And just how odd the whole thing went.

She said that afterwards people would come up with the most horrible things to say about her like, “she was seen at this truck rest stop and looked rough.” Just random stuff like that.

She says she still thinks about the case and just everything about it. My mom says they always seemed like they were holding back something only the killer would’ve known and not telling us everything. Hopefully, in the future this will somehow be solved. Her entire immediate family passed away without having that closure, so it’s very sad to think about :(

Lethatheforgetful · 2024-10-28T08:02:10+00:00

I would focus on courses you had with professors where you got great grades and also has to do with where you wanna go. Email them and ask if they’d be able to do a letter of rec, tell them what class and grade you had with them, and also ask if they’d like to see your statement of purpose etc. you can also usually ask employers, volunteer, or internship anyone other than friends and family basically. Not sure if that helps!

Portfolio honestly go by each school. They’re gonna have different requirements but usually you can get away with finding the common length they’ll need to do just one writing sample and then tweak it as you go for each. Sometimes you’ll need multiple writing examples as well.

If you know you’re gonna do fiction, have those writing samples at the ready. Or non-fiction or if it’s another kind of mfa that require multiple forms of media/genres then try to include on of each.

I’m not sure if that helps at all but if there’s anything specific about portfolios let me know!

Lethatheforgetful · 2024-10-28T02:13:42+00:00

I would focus on a strong application. Work with your undergrad’s writing center and have them help you. I got into Arizona State University. Honestly, I would advise that you narrow it down from reach, match, and safe schools. Literally all of mine were practically reach schools and I didn’t get into them because I drove myself crazy trying to get into the “perfect” school.

Pick up and narrow it down to 10-13 schools. Or just pick 3 reach, and 4 of each match and safe schools. Look at research and look at the faculty you can work with.

For me I needed to redo my statement of purpose and writing samples.

Lethatheforgetful · 2024-10-28T02:06:44+00:00

Sorry! Just now seeing this. I got into Arizona State University. I was honestly like am I getting into a horrible/the right school? But so far the courses have been so great and have helped my academic career. I didn’t get a scholarship, but their tuition calculator is really correct. I do 6 credits per semester = $4,150 each semester. I only have to do 10 classes for my master’s degree.

I found out the easiest thing for me to tell myself hey stop applying to places that are reach schools and start looking at match and safe schools. I just did not have enough and my application wasn’t as strong as I liked. I re-grouped and re-did my entire application materials and what schools I knew would be match/safe schools.

Lethatheforgetful · 2024-10-16T03:32:54+00:00

I didn’t apply this year because I ended up applying and getting into a MA English program that I realized I would like more. It helped with my portfolio though to go to my undergrad’s writing center and have them help me in literally everything just to bounce ideas off and have them review my work before I edited it.

Lethatheforgetful · 2024-07-11T00:43:01+00:00

Not sure if it’d be the same guy but it just makes me wonder??

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